Jude 1:7

Even as (w). Just "as." The third instance (Jude passes by the deluge) in Jude, the cities of the plain. The cities about them (ai peri auta polei). These were also included, Admah and Zeboiim ( Deuteronomy 29:23 ; Hosea 11:8 ). Zoar, the other city, was spared. In like manner (ton omoion tropon). Adverbial accusative (cf. w). Like the fallen angels. Having given themselves over to fornication (ekporneusasai). First aorist active participle feminine plural of ekporneuw, late and rare compound (perfective use of ek, outside the moral law), only here in N.T., but in LXX ( Genesis 38:24 ; Exodus 34:15 , etc.). Cf. aselgeian in verse Jude 1:4 . Strange flesh (sarko etera). Horrible licentiousness, not simply with women not their wives or in other nations, but even unnatural uses ( Romans 1:27 ) for which the very word "sodomy" is used ( Genesis 19:4-11 ). The pronoun etera (other, strange) is not in 2 Peter 2:10 . Are set forth (prokeintai). Present middle indicative of prokeimai, old verb, to lie before, as in Hebrews 12:1 . As an example (deigma). Predicate nominative of deigma, old word (from deiknumi to show), here only in N.T., sample, specimen. 2 Peter 2:6 has upodeigma (pattern). Suffering (upecousai). Present active participle of upecw, old compound, to hold under, often with dikhn (right, justice, sentence 2 Thessalonians 1:9 ) to suffer sentence (punishment), here only in N.T. Of eternal fire (puro aiwniou). Like desmoi aidioi in verse 2 Thessalonians 7 . Cf. the hell of fire ( Matthew 5:22 ) and also Matthew 25:46 . Jude has no mention of Lot.